Exodus 20:19
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Exodus 20:19 in other translations
| BSB | “Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.” |
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| WEB | They said to Moses, “Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don’t let God speak with us, lest we die.” |
| ASV | And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die. |
| YLT | and say unto Moses, ‘Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God speak with us, lest we die.' |
| DARBY | and said to Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die. |
| BBE | And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us. |
| Webster | And they said to Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. |
What does Exodus 20:19 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 20:18-21
18-21. all the people saw the thunderings and the lightnings--They were eye and ear witnesses of the awful emblems of the Deity's descent. But they perceived not the Deity Himself.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 20:18-21
This law, which is so extensive that we cannot measure it, so spiritual that we cannot evade it, and so reasonable that we cannot find fault with it, will be the rule of the future judgment of God, as it is for the present conduct of man. If tried by this rule, we shall find our lives have been passed in transgressions. And with this holy law and an awful judgment before us, who can despise the gospel of Christ? And…
Exodus 20:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 20:19
- Deuteronomy 18:16
According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
- Acts 7:38
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
- Deuteronomy 5:23-27
And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth. Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, then we shall die. For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? …
- Exodus 33:20
And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
- Galatians 3:19
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
- Deuteronomy 5:5
(I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you the word of the Lord: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,
- Genesis 32:30
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
- Hebrews 12:19
And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
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Context
- Exodus 20:18
And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
- Exodus 20:19
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
- Exodus 20:20
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
Exodus 20:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dijeron á Moisés: Habla tú con nosotros, que nosotros oiremos; mas no hable Dios con nosotros, porque no muramos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et dirent à Moïse: Toi, parle avec nous, et nous écouterons; mais que Dieu ne parle point avec nous, de peur que nous ne mourions. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und sie sprachen zu Mose: Rede du mit uns, und wir wollen hören; aber Gott möge nicht mit uns reden, daß wir nicht sterben! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | dicentes Moysi: Loquere tu nobis, et audiemus: non loquatur nobis Dominus, ne forte moriamur. |